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1 week ago | 
iwobserver.co.uk | Carole Dennett
A full replacement of the deck on Cement Mills Viaduct is planned for this September, as part of a significant upgrade to the Cowes to Newport cycle track. The work, which will take around seven weeks, involves removing and replacing nearly 100 panels on the bridge, which have reached the end of their life. A spokesman for Island Roads said the new decking will be more durable and widely recyclable, offering a smoother and longer lasting surface for users.
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1 week ago | 
iwobserver.co.uk | Carole Dennett
Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club will now dedicate the final racing weekend of each season to much-loved Paralympic sailor, Andy Cassell, who died in March aged 82. The ‘Andy Cassell Memorial Regatta’ will honour the life and legacy of the Cowes-based sailor, who overcame his disabilities to compete at the highest level of the sport. Andy was born without legs and with deformed hips, but went on to win gold at the Atlanta Paralympics in 1996, and was a survivor of the infamous 1979 Fastnet storm.
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iwobserver.co.uk | Mal Butler |Carole Dennett
A veteran rugby player’s ‘obsession’ about his great uncle led him to Twickenham on Saturday. Robert Simpson’s relative was Ronald Poulton Palmer, the England rugby captain in the 1913–14 season, and superstar of his day, who played his last game before the First World War on St Helens Green.
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1 week ago | 
iwobserver.co.uk | Carole Dennett
The Isle of Wight Council recently unveiled their shiny new ‘Committee System’ rules, and much like a group of kids with new toys, they promptly broke them. The ‘Standing Orders’ sound important, but they should be renamed ‘Sitting Suggestions’, given how easily they’re ignored. Their first meeting, the AGM circus, was limited to three hours by the new rules. That was no match for our council’s love of pointless arguments.
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1 week ago | 
iwobserver.co.uk | Carole Dennett
Tons by Ventnor’s Henry Edwards, Mark Price, and Martin Blackman, Shanklin’s Steve Egerton-Read, 6-wicket hauls for Northwood’s Simon Goldsmith and Shanklin’s Max Bushby-Harris, along with 5 wickets for Ventnor’s Charlie Calloway, were the highlights of a sun-filled bank holiday weekend. Southern Premier & HampshireVentnor won by 3 wickets at home to Hook & Newnham Basics, in a closely contested match.
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1 week ago | 
iwobserver.co.uk | Carole Dennett
Cricket Totton & Eling v Ventnor (12.30pm) Ventnor II XI v Winton (1pm) Portsmouth II XI v Ryde (1pm) Shanklin & Godshill v Waterlooville (1pm) Newport v Ventnor III XI (1pm) Northwood v St Helens (1pm) Ryde II XI v Wight Whizzers (1pm) Arreton v Northwood II XI (1.30pm) Freshwater v Shanklin & Godshill II XI (1.30pm) Shanklin & Godshill III XI V Ventnor IV XI (1.30pm) Bowls (2pm) Cowes Medina A v Ryde Marina A Sandown A v Plessey A Plessey B v Shanklin B Totland A v Bembridge A Cowes Medina...
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2 weeks ago | 
iwobserver.co.uk | Tilly Walder |Carole Dennett
It was a full house on Wednesday at Newport’s Stag Inn, as the community gathered to discuss an important issue on many Islanders’ minds right now: the Newport-Cowes road arrangements. The meeting, chaired by newly-elected Cowes Town Mayor, Cllr Stuart Ellis, Cowes councillor, Alison Carter, and landlord of The Stag, Matthew Westwood, was held to organise a formal response taking the form of a group letter to decision-makers, including the IW Council, Island Roads, and Captiva Housing.
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2 weeks ago | 
iwobserver.co.uk | Carole Dennett
The IW Council’s annual general meeting on Wednesday led to changes in leadership roles, but not without controversy. The first vote of the evening saw Cllr Ian Dore elected as chairman in a close contest against Cllr Karl Love, who had held the position for the past year. Some councillors called foul when Cllr Love, as the sitting chairman, was not allowed to preside over the ballot and vote for himself. He was required to leave the room, while Cllr Dore was allowed to stay and cast his vote.
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2 weeks ago | 
iwobserver.co.uk | Carole Dennett
Five eye-catching toilets placed across the Island earlier this week, attracting lots of social media comments, have turned out to be part of a campaign to raise awareness of bowel cancer. The ‘Your Loo Could Save You’ campaign aims to encourage Islanders to recognise the symptoms of bowel cancer, one of the most common but treatable cancers if found early. It also urges people aged 50 to 74 to return the at-home screening tests routinely sent out by the NHS.
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2 weeks ago | 
iwobserver.co.uk | Carole Dennett
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Freshwater Independent Lifeboat coxswain, Tony Moore, presented the Pete Middleton Memorial Award to crew trainee, JJ Power, at the station recently.
